CVE-2020-0709 — An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'

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An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'

Published Feb 11, 2020

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.96%

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0732.

Affected products

Vendor Microsoft Product Windows Default
n/a
- Version
  10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  10 for 32-bit Systems
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  10 for x64-based Systems
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
Vendor Microsoft Product Windows Server Default
n/a
- Version
  2016
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  2016 (Core installation)
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Microsoft

Windows

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems	affected	-
10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems	affected	-
10 for 32-bit Systems	affected	-
10 for x64-based Systems	affected	-

Microsoft

Windows Server

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
2016	affected	-
2016 (Core installation)	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.96% 0.00962

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00962

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (17 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.96% (0.00962)	60.31th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.96% (0.00962)	56.83th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	0.51% (0.00505)	63.43th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	1.88% (0.01884)	72.16th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	0.27% (0.00274)	48.77th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	11.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	9.42th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00043)	7.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.38% (0.01376)	71.76th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Jan 20, 2023	1.38% (0.01376)	71.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.15% (0.01150)	59.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.15% (0.01150)	57.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.37% (0.01372)	45.59th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	17.64% (0.17642)	92.83th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	17.64% (0.17642)	92.74th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	4.56% (0.04557)	86.26th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	4.56% (0.04557)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0709
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0709		x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner microsoft

Published Feb 11, 2020

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Reserved Nov 4, 2019

Link CVE-2020-0709

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2020-0709

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2020-0709